#so please do listen when it's out!

[meneatyoghurt]

I am excited for Wing It to air in December (and a bit disappointed I couldn't go to a recording), so here's a run down of everyone who's in it (including notes on whether/how I know them, or where you might be familiar with them from).

P.S. As far as I'm aware, this was the final lineup, but let me know if you know of any changes.

A note for the unfamiliar, when I say panel shows I mean comedies like QI, Have I Got News For You (Paul Merton is one of the team captains on this one), 8 Out Of 10 Cats, etc. or on the radio The News Quiz (the show Sam produces), Just A Minute, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, etc. They typically have a quiz format with a host and two teams.

Also, I do apologise for pointing out who people are married to but I've only done it when I know their partner is also a comedian/actor!

Cariad Lloyd

You'll know Cariad from the pilot, but she's done a lot of TV and radio work. So if you're British or into British comedy at all, you might have seen her on QI or other panel shows. She's an actor so she's also been in things like Murder in Successville. And she's a seasoned improviser and one of the cast members in Austentatious, who do Jane Austen inspired improvised plays. I think she's a regular guest with The Comedy Store Players as well. Her podcast, Griefcast, is very popular too. I'm pretty familiar with Cariad and think she's great.

Rachel Paris

Rachel is another member of Austentatious and has also done a fair amount of TV and radio work. She was previously on The Mash Report with Nish Kumar and has done various panel shows. She also happens to be married to Marcus Brigstock, a well-known comedian and improviser, and they've both performed at Paul Merton and Suki Webster's improv night at the comedy store (and maybe with The Comedy Store Players?). I'm also pretty familiar with Rachel and she's very funny.

Here's both Cariad and Rachel in Austentatious:

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Kemah Bob

Kemah is an American comedian and another panel show regular. I wasn't aware she did improv before seeing her on the Wing It cast but she's been funny when I've seen her on TV. She's also had some small acting parts. I'm aware of her but only occasionally spot her on things.

Here's Kemah doing some standup:

Emma Sidi

If you're a Taskmaster fan (and if you're not, where have you been?) you'll be watching Emma on it right now. If not, you might recognise her as Kitty's sister in Ghosts. She is also the co-writer and star of the sitcom Starstruck (with the wonderful Kiwi comedian Rose Matafeo, another Taskmaster star) and she's appearing on Richard Osman's House of Games this week. I only knew Emma from Ghosts before seeing her on Taskmaster (I keep meaning to watch Starstruck but haven't got around to it 😬) but I've quickly fallen in love with her. She's very funny.

Here's Emma on Taskmaster (focus on Emma from 2 mins but worth watching all of it):

Steen Raskopoulos

Another person who was in the pilot. I actually was only really aware of Steen because he's married to the comedian Sara Pascoe (another stand-up, Taskmaster star and regular panel show guest) who is much more well-known in the UK than he is, and I think I've heard of his sister. But he's an Australian comedian who also does improv (in fact I've seen clips of him performing as half of a double act at 21Soho). Oh actually, I say that but it turns out I saw him in the very funny Feel Good (stars Charlotte Richie for Ghosts fans). He's also done Whose Line Is It Anyway Australia and he's in a new Australian version of The Office. Can you tell I'm looking at his IMDB page?

Here's Steen with one of my favourite comedians, Aisling Bea:

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Monica Gaga

If you watched the last livestream, you'll have seen Monica (and loved her, I'm sure). I admit to not really knowing her although I think I've heard her name before (probably just floating around because of other performers mentioning her). She seems to primarily identify as an improviser but does various other hosting/compering and performing. She's a regular with the Comedy Store Players, produces and stars in various improv things on stage and has been involved in various radio and tv projects. I'll be keeping an eye out for her in the future!

Here's Monica doing three-headed expert at The Comedy Store:

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Amy Cooke-Hodgson

Another Austentatious cast member. She's performed with Shoot From The Hip before (you might have seen the video where they're on the tube/train). She's an actor, improviser and singer. Another one I don't know very well but she's funny in the clips I've seen of her.

Here's Amy in Austentatious:

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Amy Hoggart

So I mostly recognise Amy from Almost Royal, which she starred in with Ed Gamble (the comedian who does the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster) and I've only seen clips of that. But apparently she was also on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee so some people might recognise her from that. Outside of acting, it looks like she has a podcast where she improvs specific characters with someone else (so a bit like Rosie Holt does her Tory woman).

Here's Amy on Full Frontal (just a warning that this is very much about guns and school shootings):

In conclusion, WHAT A LOAD OF FUNNY WOMEN (and a funny man).

And speaking of Ghosts, I know that Kiell Smith-Bynoe who plays Mike also does improv, so if they get another series, I'd love to see him on it.

[spectrecowboy]

One's long and lean, one's short and mean

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I was *not* longing, I swear.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[s-sextape]

i am writing an accidental haiku to attract haiku bot

[duskerot]

i disappear inside myself / my friends don't know it can't be helped

[Pure You - Nothing But Thieves]

[fyoht]

season 2 + nods to 'crowley was raphael' truthers

[uncanny-tranny]

"haha, are you an art gay, a science gay, or a math gay"

Actually, I find the division between art, science, and math to be a very nebulous idea and useless when you actually interact with the universe. The more you learn about the world, the more you surround yourself with art and science and math, and you'll never be able to see it any other way and it will be beautiful. When I take your hand, it won't be the science of our atoms closing the distance between us that we will experience, but the math of our fingers interlocking and the art of our bodies that we will experience. You are math and you are science and you are art, and nothing will make you any lesser💛

[triglycercule]

horror being very specific with table manners and he berates people (dust and killer) for eating like fucking pigs

i think it'd be morbidly funny that because there was no food in horrortale but the cutlery and stuff was all there that maybe he would pretend to eat with no food on the plate. it was in a satirical way that he would joke maybe around horror paps or alone where he would pretend to eat and have really good table manners but then the satire joke became REAL and now horror is incredibly specific about how to eat food

you MUST hold the fork in the left and knife in right says horror. no killer you can't duel wield the fucking knives this is a table not a slaughterhouse. dust pick up your elbows off the table. actually how about you get your entire upper body off the table tf why are you SLEEPING ON THE FOOD??? killer's sitting fetal position in the chair because of course he wouldn't sit normally like the idiot he is. dust is forced to put his hood down and reveal his face no more mysterious shadow style because it puts horror at ease. they cannot have a single peaceful meal because once they get past the table manners phase it then becomes a completion to see who can eat the least (because they suck at everything including eating)

[crabussy]

IS ANYONE ELSE FEELING KIND TODAY!!! IS ANYONE ELSE FEELING GENEROUS TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE!!! IS ANYBODY ELSE BEING KIND AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EVEN WHEN ITS HARD!!! IS ANYONE ELSE ASSUMING THE BEST OF OTHERS INTENTIONS AND RESPONDING IN KIND!!!! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME

[cuoredimuschio]

okay, but where's my steddie AU where steve wants to learn to play guitar to impress a girl he's infatuated with and he remembers that munson kid was always hanging up posters for his weird band at school, so he hikes out to eddie's usual dealing spot behind the track and asks (with far less groveling than he really should have) if eddie will teach him how to play, and obviously eddie says no because why would he want to help king steve, but of course, steve offers to pay him, $20 a week, and well, that's the kind of get-the-hell-out-of-this-shithole-town cash eddie really can't afford to refuse, so fine, he'll teach steve to play and they'll spend inordinate amounts of time together tucked away in eddie's room and they'll start to see that they have more in common than they thought and that they kind of had each other all wrong, and eddie will put his hand over steve's to help him get the placement for a tricky chord and it totally won't awaken anything in either of them?? where is it??

edit: i started writing it

[scificrows]

The Roombabot Diaries

"Even without full scan function, I still had my dark vision filters and my own mapping data, so with the fixed point of the corridor hatch, I could retrace my steps to the ramp. It just looked awkward and stupid because for the first part I had to navigate like a floor-cleaning bot." - Martha Wells, System Collapse (Video and audio description below the cut)

VIDEO ID:

An animated video of Murderbot, in a full environmental suit (featuring a little 'Perihelion' logo on its chest and an opaque helmet).

Murderbot is wandering around a dark space, the sound of its footsteps on the stone floor are audible. It walks in a straight line to the right until it hits a pillar with an audible 'thunk' noise and stops. A grumpy smiley face appears next to it.

It recalibrates, making little chirping calibrating sounds, then turns and moves towards the viewer until it seems to hit the camera (again with a 'thunk' noise and a little frowny smiley face next to it) and recalibrates again.

It turns its back to the viewer and starts walking again, this time seemingly hitting the wall in the back. It recalibrates again, then turns to the right and starts walking again. After a few seconds it stops briefly, two exclamation marks appear next to it along with a beeping noise, then it quickly walks out of frame.

[chappellrroan]

people can give as much flak as they want to eldest siblings but they'll never understand how it feels to be your parent parents

[musashi]

they should invent a asking for help with writing that doesn't completely ruin your self esteem/excitement

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

looking for fics be so fine like yes. premise is interesting. word count is lengthy. vibing with the prose on the blurb. and then you spot the glaring doc/marty tag on the top and it's like oh never mind. abort mission ig.

[chussyracing]

you don't need enemies when carlos is your teammate. the poisoned chalice alex is going to receive. i can't wait

recycling my own meme from first day of break when we got the carlos to williams announcement

[raycatz]

I'm not including a situation where someone might be injured because in that case I'm thinking the bed goes to them by default or they are nominated for it. anyone who wants to be chatty goes to join the living room floor gang.

What are your thoughts and headcanons? Do you have thoughts on how the boys tend to approach assigning beds in inns? Who do the chain choose to sleep near when camping and why? What are their dynamics like when settling down for the night and getting ready for the day?

In "Mirror Vs Open Closet Door: Fight!" by Gintrinsic (here) Four refers to the chain's decision on how to split up between inn rooms as the "Link-per-room ratio" which I find very funny. He, Sky, and Time also talk about their thought process behind why they do or don't want to sleep in a room with some of the others which I find fun and interesting.

So! If you have thoughts and want to share them! *gestures to the post!*